Ran sales organisation from a number of depots (8)
I believe the answer is:
arsenals
'a number of depots' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'ran sales organisation' is the wordplay.
'organisation' indicates an anagram.
'ran'+'sales'='ransales'
'ransales' anagrammed gives 'ARSENALS'.
'from' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for arsenals that I've seen before include "Arms depots" , "Collections of arms and ammunition" .)